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Ömer Şenel
Gazi University coaching-education professor, department chair and sport-performance research-centre director.
Life and work
The story behind the role.
Ömer Şenel is a professor in Gazi University's Coaching Education Department. He completed physical-education and sport-teaching study at Gazi in 1986–87, a master's degree at Middle East Technical University from 1988 to 1991 and a doctorate at Gazi from 1991 to 1995; his master's work compared continuous and interval running for adolescent aerobic and anaerobic capacity.
His administrative record includes Coaching Education Department chair from 2014, head of several Health Sciences Institute disciplines and director of Gazi University's Talent and Performance Application and Research Centre from 2023. He has also served on the Turkish Underwater Sports Federation board since 2016 and previously as Turkish Badminton Federation vice-president from 1996 to 2004.
Before academia he worked as a physical-education teacher at schools in Sinop and Ankara from 1981 to 1991. His research covers training and exercise physiology, hamstring assessment, HIIT, anaerobic power in football, futsal teaching, wrestling physiology and badminton technique. AVESİS listed 137 publications when checked on 4 October 2026.
Career record
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1981–1991: Physical-education teacher in Sinop and Ankara.
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1988–1991: Master's study, Middle East Technical University.
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1991–1995: Doctorate, Gazi University.
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1996–2004: Turkish Badminton Federation vice-president.
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2005–present: Professor, Gazi University.
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2014–present: Coaching Education Department chair.
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2016–present: Turkish Underwater Sports Federation board member.
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2023–present: Director, Gazi University Talent and Performance Research Centre.
Career and education
Teams and organisations
Gazi University · Middle East Technical University · Turkish Underwater Sports Federation · Turkish Badminton Federation · Sports Sciences Association
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